Captain Mark James, right, has kept Andrew Coltart and the rest of his team in stitches during practice.

"We're concentrating on our side of the pairings and looking after our own games, sending our guys out to play as well as they can and not worrying too much about how the opposition are doing their pairings," he said.

Asked if he was surprised by any of Crenshaw's pairings, James flatly replied, "No."

Finally, one British reporter pointed out that The Country Club was buzzing over the prospect of Woods and Garcia in the same match, and did he not share any of that excitement?

"And don't say no," the reporter said.

James stared back and said with as much enthusiasm as a fence post, "Yes, I think it's extremely exciting."

Of course, James did not totally abandon his dry sense of humor. Asked how he informed Padraig Harrington that he, and not Jose Maria Olazabal, would be paired with Miguel Angel Jimenez, the captain shrugged.